Love Sculpture by Mariko Mori, at SKNY, photo by Christopher PelhamPhoto © by Radiance exhibition by Mariko Mori installation view, photo by Christopher Pelham
Art

Radiance: The Universal Language of Mariko Mori

The creations of Japanese artist Mariko Mori, a respected and well-known figure in the international art world since the 1990s, have never seemed more present, needed, and timely than now. Why? In an era saturated with stimuli, her work invites us to slow down, suspend our assumptions, and enter a quieter relationship with ourselves, one another, and the world. Her art calls us back to what she simply names Radiance, the light and interconnectedness that underlie everything.
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Album cover of Fresh
Music

Let Me Have It All: Reconsidering Sly & the Family Stone’s Fresh

Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart died on June 9th, 2025. There have been a lot of narratives about his life and death, but less about his music, particularly his under-appreciated 1973 album, Fresh. True to its title, Fresh is lighter, more relaxed, and much more personal than any music Sly had written to date. It's also much funkier, as Sly had in turn embraced the deep grooves of the Bootsy Collins-era JBs of James Brown.
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...cả bóng tối và ánh sáng đều cô đơn | ...both dark and light are lonely by Nguyễn Tuấn Cường (Sơn mài | Lacquer, 120 x 60 cm)Photo © by Nguyễn Tuấn Cường
Art

Listening to Stillness: Nguyen Tuan Cuong and the Art of Vietnamese Lacquer Painting

The first time I encountered one of Nguyễn Tuấn Cường's works, I found myself stunned before a canvas not characterized by richness, but by solidity. It was a painting of a bowl — an ordinary, creased enamel bowl — so realistically rendered it seemed to be living. Not polished, not idealized. It just was. Its rim chipped, its pale blue faded to something almost ghostly, the bowl rested ever so slightly askew on a darkened ground, emanating not surface light but a glow from deep within the layers of lacquer.
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Photo © by Trà My “Emmy” Truong
Art

Trà My “Emmy” Truong: The Constant Gardener

I initially knew Emmy only as one of the friendly baristas at Lê Phin, the lovely little Vietnamese cafe in the East Village that I stop by nearly every day to work, meet people, and enjoy their exquisite pandan matcha lattes and coffees. As soon as we started talking, I realized she was intelligent, confident, and mature. She was actually a working artist dedicated to bringing more beauty into the world and chose to work at the cafe occasionally to learn more about the food/hospitality industry. As I became more familiar with her work, I found that I loved her artist eye, her color sense, and her approach to life and art.
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Moonlight Refugee

travel stories by Saigon-based writer Hai Yen Ho
An inveterate explorer, Vietnam-based writer Hai Yen Ho moves effortlessly between rural and urban, wealthy and poor, fearlessly following her intuition. Her journeys and resulting stories blur the lines between reportage and fiction to chart the conflict between traditional and modern ways of life, spotlighting marginalized voices and finding beauty in unexpected places.
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Art of Life: Artists Who Create Their Own Lifestyles

conversations with Aine Fujioka
This series explores how artists forge unique paths in a world without set rules. Inspired by candid conversations with fellow creatives, the series delves into the choices, challenges, and freedoms of building a life in the arts. As our work landscape changes, these stories offer insight and inspiration for anyone seeking to create a meaningful, self-directed, and sustainable way of living.
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Yoko Tawada, Professor Rivka Galchen, Susan BernofskyPhoto © by Christopher Pelham

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